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Queer Objects
Holocaust Graphic Narratives
Generation, Trauma, and Memory
Holocaust Graphic Narratives examines Holocaust graphic novels and memoirs, analyzing the genre as one that enables intergenerational transmission of trauma and memory. Here, the graphic novel becomes a medium uniquely positioned to create a sense of felt immediacy, urgency, and authenticity at the intersection of history and the imagination.
Under Quarantine
Immigrants and Disease at Israel’s Gate
Transnational Korean Cinema
Cultural Politics, Film Genres, and Digital Technologies
The Superhero Symbol
Media, Culture, and Politics
The Superhero Symbol
Media, Culture, and Politics
Putting Their Hands on Race
Irish Immigrant and Southern Black Domestic Workers
Point of Sale
Analyzing Media Retail
Point of Sale
Analyzing Media Retail
Only at Comic-Con
Hollywood, Fans, and the Limits of Exclusivity
In Plenty and in Time of Need
Popular Culture and the Remapping of Barbadian Identity
Healthcare and Human Dignity
Law Matters
Conditionally Accepted
Christians' Perspectives on Sexuality and Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights
Best Actress
The History of Oscar®-Winning Women
Irina Nakhova
Museum on the Edge
Music Is Power
Popular Songs, Social Justice, and the Will to Change
War Games
Reluctant Interveners
America's Failed Responses to Genocide from Bosnia to Darfur
I Wonder U
How Prince Went beyond Race and Back
I Wonder U
How Prince Went beyond Race and Back
Honor and the Political Economy of Marriage
Violence against Women in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Hollywood at the Intersection of Race and Identity
Hollywood at the Intersection of Race and Identity
Chronic Failures
Kidneys, Regimes of Care, and the Mexican State
Belonging and Becoming in a Multicultural World
Refugee Youth and the Pursuit of Identity
A Mayor for All the People
Kenneth Gibson's Newark
This book offers a balanced assessment of the leadership and legacy of Kenneth Gibson, Newark’s first African-American mayor, who took office at a time when the city was plagued by dying industries and soaring crime rates. Weaving together accounts by city employees, politicians, activists, journalists, and educators, it provides a compelling inside look at a city in crisis.